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From everything I've seen so far Excel 2013 has some great new features for anyone interested in data analysis and Business Intelligence tools. Both PowerPivot and Power View are included in this release (more on this later) and there are lots of new OLAP-specific features for anyone using Excel as a front end for multi-dimensional tools.
I saw this blog post from Chris Webb with an example of the new WEBSERVICE function. As it happened I was recently looking at a file of locations for London bicycle hire stations – I thought it might be interesting to use this with some bike journey statistics against Excel 2013 Power View and maybe use the new mapping feature to show the busiest hire locations. My file showed geographical location info as Easting and Northing and I thought I would be a good exercise to see if I could convert these to latitude/longitude columns for use in a Power View map.
Hunting around online, I found this article on converting easting/northing to latitude/longitude for an interactive map project. The article uses a web service at uk-postcodes.com to send an easting/northing pair and return the lat/long data in JSON format. So will this work with Excel 2013 –
The answer is, yes it will, and I get JSON data returned which looks like this –
{"lat":"51.523344763137","lng":" -0.1838464075195"}
And of course I can copy the formula containing the WEBSERVICE function down the column –
Next I need to parse the JSON data so I end up with two new columns, one each for Latitude and Longitude. Now it is of course possible to split strings of single-column data into separate columns using various combinations of MID, FIND and LEN functions and this would certainly work. And there are various Excel VBA JSON parser examples around online. But Excel 2013 has a new, interesting Flash Fill feature which you can read more about in this Excel Team blog post. Giving Excel 2013 sample patterns to work with is the key here. I wanted to try this with the data in my web service results column.
It's worth noting a point made in step 3 of the Excel team post: "We decided to disable automatic Flash Fill for numeric data. After all, there are only 10 unique characters in our numbering system, and it's just too easy to come up with random patterns that don't make good sense". So to pull out the latitude values as numerical values I needed to to format the numerical precision on the column (in this case to 12 decimal points) and use the Data tab "Flash Fill" option –
And it worked!
My longitude values didn't flash fill with numbers so successfully. I think the problem here lay with the variable number of decimal places, so I got this message –
But the good news is if I entered the first example value with a label prefix, as soon as I start typing the second value, Flash fill recognises what I'm doing and suggests the fill I'm looking for –
UPDATE – if I settle for a lower precision and go for lowest common denominator of decimal places this does actually work with numbers. So for example entering first 2 values with 8 digits of decimal value (such as –0.1838464) will allow me to flash fill with numeric data all the way down the column with no errors.
So overall pretty encouraging results. Moving forward, if I were going to use the cleaned up web service results mashed up with other data in PowerPivot/Power View I would probably remove the web service function calls leaving behind just the cleaned-up data, thereby minimising the workbook refresh time.
One slightly disappointing finding, the WEBSERVICE function doesn't currently seem to work in either SkyDrive or Office Web Apps in the Office 365 preview but maybe this will change by the time Excel 2013 is released.
Next up, a post on Excel 2013 PowerPivot and Power View.


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The pivotal moment in last Sunday's penultimate "Breaking Bad" episode came when Walt saw his two ex-colleagues on TV, denouncing his contributions to their company's research. We saw our protagonist transform from willing surrender to the egomaniacal Heisenberg alter ego, bent on revenge.
That twist came thanks to one of the show's biggest fans, 16-year-old Kevin Cordasco, who died this spring after a six-year battle with cancer. The "Breaking Bad" cast and the creator, Vince Gilligan, visited the boy toward the end of his battle with neuroblastoma and dedicated the first of the final eight episodes to him.
Gilligan offered to disclose how the show ends, but Cordasco refused, hoping to stick it out to the end. Sadly, he didn't make it. But his contribution to the plot did, Gilligan explained in the "Breaking Bad Insider" podcast.
"Kevin, who was our wonderful, No. 1 fan … he told me that first day I spent with him, visiting him, he told me what he liked about the show and I said, 'Is there something you feel is missing from the show? He said, 'You know what, I want to know more about Gretchen and Elliott. I want to know more about Walt's backstory with them. I want to know what happened.'"
Gilligan obliged and had his writers weave into that pivotal final scene during the "Granite State" episode, when Walt sits at a New Hampshire bar, ready to turn himself in, but sees his former business partners being interviewed by Charlie Rose (a bit of a stretch, but oh well). They tell Rose that Walt contributed next to nothing to their success, when in fact his research helped them make millions. Being slighted so infuriates Walt that he decides to head back to Albuquerque for a revenge involving an M60 and a vial of ricin. And that's where they presumably will pick up in Sunday's much-awaited final episode (9 p.m., AMC).
Here's a clip of the scene:
Find Jennifer Wadsworth on Twitter at @jennwadsworth.

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The No. 7 Maryland men's lacrosse team closes out its regular season slate by hosting Navy on Saturday, May 3, at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium. Faceoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.
• Maryland is 10-4 following its 6-5 loss to Notre Dame in the ACC Semifinals on April 25. Senior Mike Chanenchuk continues to lead the team this season with 44 points on 28 goals and 16 assists. He is followed by freshman Matt Rambo, who has 29 points on 24 goals and five assists. Junior Charlie Raffa has won 142-of-212 (.670) faceoffs this season, which ranks third in the nation, with a team-best 89 groundballs. Senior Michael Ehrhardt has made a seamless transition to the long-stick midfield spot and has 47 groundballs, which leads all non-faceoff men, and a team-best 24 caused turnovers to go along with two goals and an assist. Senior Niko Amato has started every game of his college career (63 straight) and boasts a 7.27 goals-against average (4th in the NCAA) with a .573 save percentage (8th in the NCAA) this season.
• Navy is 4-9 on the season following a 10-6 loss at Lehigh in the Patriot League tournament quarterfinals on April 22. Senior attackman Sam Jones leads the Mids' offense with 41 points on 23 goals and 18 assists. Sophomore John Connors has started all 13 games in net and has an 8.98 goals-against average with a .540 save percentage. Freshman Brady Dove has won 158-of-270 draws for a .585 winning percentage with 80 groundballs.
• The game will mark the final regular season game for nine Terrapin seniors: Tyler Adelsberger, Niko Amato, Rustin Bryant, Emmett Cahill, Mike Chanenchuk, Brian Cooper, Michael Ehrhardt, Thomas Guarino and Quinn Haley.
• The seniors will be honored in a pregame ceremony, so be sure to get to your seat early to help celebrate their terrific Terrapin careers.
• This senior class has a four-year record of 45-18 (.714), won an ACC championship and competed for another one, made it to two NCAA Final Fours and played in two NCAA championship games.
10 … Since 2002 Maryland has won 110 of the 119 games in which the Terps have scored 10 or more goals for a .924 winning percentage.
9 … Maryland is 128-27 in games since 2002 when it allows nine goals or less, for an .826 winning percentage.
8 … Niko Amato's .572 save percentage ranks eighth in the NCAA.
7 … The Terps rank among the Top 10 in seven team statistics according to the NCAA.
6 … Six Maryland freshmen have combined to score 53 goals this season.
5 … Maryland head coach John Tillman is 5-0 all-time vs. Navy head coach Ricky Sowell.
4 … Mike Chanenchuk leads all current Terps with four career points vs. Navy.
3 … Maryland is one of just three teams in the NCAA allowing 7.0 or fewer goals per game.
2 … Charlie Raffa ranks second in the NCAA with a .670 faceoff winning percentage.
1 … Only one team – Maryland – has made the NCAA tournament every year since 2003.
• John Tillman is in his seventh season as a head coach, and fourth with the Terps, with a 65-37 career record for a 63.7 winning percentage. Tillman is 45-18 (.714) as Maryland's head coach. He had a 20-19 record in three seasons as the head coach at Harvard.
• Rick Sowell is in his third season as the head coach of Navy and has a 13-26 (.333) record coaching the Mids. Overall, he is in his 15th season as a head coach with a record of 99-106 (.482).
• Tillman has a 3-0 career record against Navy, with the 2011, 2012 and 2013 meetings as the Terps' head coach being the only decisions. He has a 5-0 record vs. Sowell-coached teams, having won both meetings vs. Sowell's Stony Brook teams while Tillman was at Harvard.
• The Maryland-Navy rivalry is the second-longest in Terrapin lacrosse history with Maryland holding a 54-33-1 advantage, dating to 1924. The 54 wins are the second-highest number of victories Maryland has against any team. Maryland has defeated Duke 62 times.
• Maryland has won 16 of the last 21 meetings. Prior to Maryland's current four-game winning streak in the series, the Mids had won five of the previous six meetings.
• When Navy and Maryland get together it's fair to assume it is going to be a close game. During the past 33 meetings, 17 have ended with a winning margin of one or two goals, including four straight 6-5 Terp victories from 1999-2002.
• The 2013 meeting saw six Terps put up multiple-point games, including a four-point effort on two goals and two assists by junior Mike Chanenchuk, in Maryland's 11-8 win over Navy on April 5 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Sophomore Charlie Raffa dominated the faceoff X, winning 14-of-21 draws with seven groundballs.
• The 2012 game was tied at 5-5 late in the second quarter, but Maryland scored eight of the game's final nine goals to earn a 13-6 victory over Navy at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium on April 6. Senior Joe Cummings led the Terps with five points on three goals and two assists, while Owen Blye, Billy Gribbin and Drew Snider each chipped in two goals apiece. Curtis Holmes won 15-of-20 faceoffs with seven groundballs for the Terrapins.
• The 2011 meeting saw the Terps outscore the Mids 6-1 in the first quarter en route to a 10-4 victory at a rain-soaked Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. A balanced-scoring attack was led by long pole Brian Farrell, midfielder Jake Bernhardt and attackman Owen Blye, who each scored two goals. Leading the defense was Max Schmidt with three caused turnover and two groundballs. Dan Burns and Curtis Holmes also finished with three groundballs. Redshirt freshman goalie Niko Amato finished the game with four saves. Aiding in the defensive effort was another solid face-off effort from Holmes, who won 10-of-18 draws.
• In 2010 the Terps got back on the winning side of the ledger with an 11-9 home win. The attack unit of Grant Catalino, Travis Reed and Ryan Young combined for eight goals and five assists to pace the Terps. Maryland dominated the Mids when the ball was on the ground, winning the groundball battle 47-26. Brian Farrell and Max Schmidt led the way for the Terps with five groundballs each. Brian Phipps finished the afternoon with 10 saves, to go along with four groundballs
• The one-goal game streak came to an end with a one-sided 10-4 Navy victory in Annapolis in 2009. Will Yeatman and Ryan Young scored two goals apiece for the Terps, but that was all the offense could muster. Maryland had a 2-1 lead after the first quarter, but Navy outscored the Terps 6-0 in the second and third quarters combined to take control of the game.
• The run of one-goal games was pushed to four in 2008 with a game that could have been dubbed "A Tale of Two Halves." The Mids scored all five of their goals in the first half, while the Terps did the same in the second half, but could only muster four scores to give Navy a 5-4 decision. Jason Carter was tremendous in the second half for Maryland in cage, stopping six Navy shots. Offensively the Terps were led by Dan Groot and Max Ritz, who each had a goal and an assist and Ryan Young, who had a pair of assists.
• In a double-overtime thriller on April 6, 2007 in Annapolis the Terps pulled out a miraculous 8-7 win over the Mids, thanks in large part to three tremendous individual efforts. All-America defender Ray Megill provided the initial spark, getting the Terrapins back in the game after the Mids went on a three-goal run to build a two-goal lead. Megill took his first-ever collegiate face-off, won the ball clean and scored to cut the Navy advantage to one. Navy maintained a one-goal lead as the seconds dwindled down. As the clock neared 0:00, junior midfielder Drew Evans laced a low-to-high shot from 16 yards to send the game into overtime. After the game went to a second OT, sophomore midfielder Dan Groot snapped Navy's three-game winning streak with a tough shot from the left alley.
• The one-goal games continued in 2006 as the Mids pulled out a 7-6 victory at Byrd Stadium on April 8. The game , which was scheduled for April 7, was pushed back a day due to a large thunderstorm. It was another last-second goal that lifted Navy to the win over the Terps. This time it was attackman Ian Dingman scoring the game-winner with just eights seconds left in the game. Joe Walters scored a pair of goals for Maryland, while Bill McGlone, Max Ritz, Dan Groot and Xander Ritz scored the remaining Maryland goals.
• The 2005 game was another of those one-goal affairs as the Mids and Terps battled into the game's final seconds before Navy emerged with a 9-8 win on Graham Gill's game-winning goal with 14 seconds left in the contest.
• The most goals the Terps have ever scored on the Mids in a single game came in 1998's 21-7 Maryland victory.
• Maryland has also won all four meetings in the NCAA Tournament. The Terps captured their last national championship in 1975 with a 20-13 win over Navy. Maryland also defeated Navy in NCAA semifinal games in 1971, 1976 and 1979.
• The 2014 NCAA Tournament bracket will be revealed live on ESPNU on Sunday, May 4 at 9 p.m. The Terps could potentially be a top-eight seed and would receive a bid to host a home game on the weekend of May 10-11. Details will be available on umterps.com.
• The two quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament will be held on May 17 at Shuart Stadium in Hempstead, N.Y., and May 18 at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Del. The first round and quarterfinal games will be aired exclusively on ESPNU. The NCAA Semifinals and Championship game will be held at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, on Saturday, May 24 and Monday, May 26, respectively, and will be televised on ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD.
• One axiom of lacrosse is that if you score 10 goals or more your chances of winning are pretty good. Well, a look at the results since 2002 shows that when Maryland scores 10 or more goals there's not just a pretty good chance the Terrapins will win; it's an almost certainty. Since 2002 Maryland has won 110 of the 119 games in which the Terps have scored 10 or more goals for a .924 winning percentage.
• Maryland scored 10, but fell at North Carolina, 11-10, on March 24, 2012 and again came out on the losing end, despite scoring 11 in a 13-11 loss at Colgate on May 5, 2012. The Terps scored 11 vs. Johns Hopkins on April 16, 2011, but the Blue Jays won the game in overtime, 12-11. On April 3 of last season the Terps lost to No. 1 Virginia by a final of 11-10, giving Maryland its only loss when scoring 10 or more goals in 2010. In 2009 the Terps lost to Georgetown, 13-10 on Feb. 21 and lost again when scoring 10 in the ACC Semifinals in a 16-10 defeat at North Carolina. Prior to that, Maryland had not lost when scoring 10 or more goals since dropping an 11-10 decision to Virginia in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament in Durham, N.C. The Terrapins got to 10 goals in the 100th game against Johns Hopkins, but the Blue Jays took the game 14-10. Virginia is the only team to beat the Terps twice when allowing 10 or more goals. The Wahoos did it first in 2002 with another 11-10 decision.
• The Terps have been extremely impressive (winning 92.4 percent of its games since 2002) when it scores 10 or more goals, they have been nearly as impressive when holding opponents to less than 10 goals during that span.
• Since 2002 Maryland is 128-27 in games, for a .826 winning percentage, when it has held opponents under 10 goals. The Terps have played 206 total games since 2002. Maryland has held opponents to nine goals or less 75.2 percent of the time.
• Since 2005 the Terps are a remarkable 68-4 (.944) when shooting 30% or better in a game. The only four losses were: 13-10 to Georgetown in 2009 (the Terps shot 10 of 30 for 33.3% vs. the Hoyas), 11-10 to No. 1 Virginia on April 3, 2010 (10 of 33 for 30.3%), 12-11 in overtime on April 16, 2011 to No. 3 Johns Hopkins (11 of 28 for 39.3%) and 13-11 at Colgate on May 5, 2012 (11 of 31 for 35.5%).
• Maryland is 10-3 on the year and shot 30% or better in six of its 10 victories and just barely missed that mark in the win at Syracuse.
W- Mount St. Mary's: 16 goals, 44 shots = 36.4%
W- UMBC: 14 goals, 45 shots = 31.1%
W- at Syracuse: 16 goals, 55 shots = 29.1%
W- Duke: 10 goals, 44 shots = 22.7%
W- at Stony Brook: 11 goals, 48 shots = 22.9%
W- Villanova: 12 goals, 39 shots = 30.7%
W- at Michigan: 13 goals, 42 shots = 31.0%
L- at North Carolina: 8 goals, 30 shots = 26.7%
W- Virginia: 9 goals, 33 shots = 27.3%
W- Robert Morris: 19 goals, 36 shots = 52.8%
L- at Johns Hopkins: 6 goals, 31 shots = 19.4%
W- at Notre Dame: 12 goals, 40 shots = 30.0%
L- vs. Notre Dame: 5 goals, 37 shots = 13.5%
• If 30% is the benchmark, then 40% shooting is in a class all to itself and Maryland has shot 40% or better in 16 games since the start of the 2008 season. Out of those 16 games, Maryland shot 50% or better in five of them.
• Thirteen proved to be an unlucky number for senior Mike Chanenchuk, who saw his 35-game point scoring streak, which dated back to the Johns Hopkins game on Apr. 14, 2012, come to an end in the Terps' 6-5 loss to Notre Dame in the ACC semifinals. Overall, for his Maryland career Chanenchuk has tallied at least one point in 41 of 44 games.
• Chanenchuk's point-scoring streak was the second longest since the 2004 season. The only other point-scoring streak longer belongs to Joe Walters, who had at least one point in 45 straight from Feb. 2004 to April 2006. Here's a look at the Terps' 20+ game point-scoring streaks since 2004.
45 – Joe Walters (2/28/04 – 4/30/06)
35 – Mike Chanenchuk (4/14/12 – present)
29 – Xander Ritz (2/26/05 – 4/30/06)
26 – Bill McGlone (2/28/04 – 4/23/05)
22 – Grant Catalino (3/3/08 – 3/28/09
20 – Max Ritz (5/6/06 – 5/13/07)
20 – Joe Cummings (5/28/11 – 5/28/12)
• In conjunction with his point-scoring streak, Chanenchuk also had an impressive 23-game goal-scoring streak going, but that came to an end in the 11-6 loss at Johns Hopkins on April 12 when he regiatered three assists, but didn't score a goal. Prior to the Hopkins game, the last time Chanenchuk did not score a goal for the Terps was in the 23-6 season-opening win over Mount St. Mary's on Feb. 8, 2013.
• The Terp with the longest current point-scoring streak is now junior Joe LoCascio, who has had at least one point in six straight games.
• With four goals in his first college game, a 16-3 win over Mount St. Mary's (Feb. 8), Matt Rambo became just the ninth Maryland men's lacrosse freshman to record a hat trick since 1998. He followed that up with another hat trick in the 14-3 win over UMBC (Feb. 15) to become the first Terp to record back-to-back hat tricks in his first two collegiate games since Grant Catalino in 2008. Rambo netted his third hat trick of the season with four goals in the Terps' 13-5 win at Michigan (March 18) and then added his fourth with three goals in the 19-6 win over Robert Morris (April 2).
• Connor Cannizzaro scored his first hat trick with three goals in the Terps' 16-8 win at Syracuse to become the 10th Terp freshman with a hat trick since 1998. This marks just the second time since 1998 that two freshman have recorded hat tricks in the same season. Cannizzaro netted his second career hat trick vs. Villanova on March 14 and added his third at Notre Dame on April 20.
• Game-by-game stats haven't been saved since the 1998 season, so the following chart can only go back to then, but here's a look at freshman hat tricks (consecutive games are underlined):
Andrew Combs (1 in 1998): 3-0=3 vs. Towson, Mar. 7
Mike LaMonica (1 in 1999): 3-0=3 vs. Penn State, Mar. 17
Mike Mollot (1 in 2000): 3-4=7 vs. Hofstra, May 14 (NCAA first round)
Dan LaMonica (3 in 2001): 3-1=4 vs. Duke, Mar. 4; 3-1=4 vs. Johns Hopkins, Apr. 14; 3-1=4 vs. Virginia, Apr. 20 (ACC semifinals)
Joe Walters (6 in 2003): 4-1=5 at Towson, Mar. 8; 4-2=6 vs. Bucknell, Mar. 11; 4-0=4 vs. Butler, Mar. 25; 3-1=4 at Virginia, Mar. 29; 4-0=4 at Navy, Apr. 5; 3-1=4 vs. UMBC, Apr. 25
Grant Catalino (3 in 2008): 4-0=4 at Georgetown, Feb. 23; 3-1=4 at Mount St. Mary's, Feb. 26; 4-3=7 vs. Yale, May 3
Travis Reed (4 in 2008): 4-1=5 at Mount St. Mary's, Feb. 26; 3-0=3 at Duke, Mar. 1; 3-0=3 vs. Providence, Mar. 3; 3-2=5 vs. Virginia, Mar. 29
John Haus (1 in 2010): 3-0=3 vs. North Carolina, Apr. 23 (ACC semifinals)
Matt Rambo (4 in 2014): 4-2=6 vs. Mount St. Mary's, Feb. 8; 3-0=3 vs. UMBC, Feb. 15; 4-0=4 at Michigan, Mar. 18; 3-0 vs. Robert Morris, April 2
Connor Cannizzaro (3 in 2014): 3-1=4 at Syracuse, Feb. 22; 3-0=3 vs. Villanova, Mar. 14; at Notre Dame, April 20
• Senior midfielder Mike Chanenchuk scored five of the Terps' 10 goals in the team's 10-6 win over No. 1 Duke on March 1, 2014. That performance marks just the ninth time since 1998 that a Maryland player scored at least 50 percent of the team's goals in a victory (with a five-goal minimum). Chanenchuk is the first Maryland player since 1998 to accomplish the feat at home.
• Here's a look at Terps who have scored 50% or more of the team's goals (min. 5 goals) in wins since 1998:
Mike Chanenchuk, 5 goals in 10-6 win vs. Duke (3/1/14)
Jay Carlson, 5 goals in 10-7 win at Villanova (3/16/13)
Joe Walters, 6 goals in 11-4 win at Johns Hopkins (4/15/06)
Joe Walters, 5 goals in 9-6 win at North Carolina (3/25/06)
Xander Ritz, 5 goals in 8-7 OT win at Duke (3/4/06)
Joe Walters, 6 goals in 12-11 win vs. Virginia in ACC finals (4/25/04)
Buggs Combs, 6 goals in 10-4 win at Delaware (3/17/01)
Scott Hochstadt, 6 goals in 9-4 win at Yale (5/1/99)
Scott Hochstadt, 7 goals in 14-11 win at Virginia in ACC finals (4/19/98)
• There are a couple others earlier than 1998, which includes a minimum of six goals scored (which is the minimum for the single-game records):
Rob Wurzburger, 6 goals in 12-7 win at Towson (3/26/88)
Dick Corrigan, 9 goals in 17-10 win over Navy (4/26/58)
• During the March 30 game vs. Virginia, Maryland honored military men and women injured in the line of duty with a partnership with the Wounded Warrior Project. The Terrapins wore special Under Armour Freedom uniforms that were auctioned off at umterps.com. The auction raised more than $25,000 with 100% of the proceeds going directrly to the Wounded Warrior Project. The Maryland men's lacrosse program and the Maryland athletics department thank everyone for their generous support.
• Maryland senior long stick midfielder Michael Ehrhardt is one of 10 lacrosse student-athletes who excel both on and off the field that were selected as finalists for the 2014 Senior CLASS Award® in collegiate men's lacrosse.
• To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition. The complete list of finalists follows this release.
• Fans can vote once per day per device – computers, tablets, smart phone – so be sure to VOTE EHRHARDT every day!
• Senior goalie Niko Amato became the first goalie in the history of the ACC to be named to the all-conference team for the fourth time in his career. He is just the fifth player ever to be a four-time honoree with Duke attackman Jordan Wolf joining him as the sixth player with his fourth selection this season.
Four-Time All-ACC Selections
Niko Amato (G, MD): 2011-14
Jordan Wolf (A, Duke): 2011-14
Michael Watson (A, UVa): 1994-97
Roddy Marino (A, UVa): 1983-87
Scott Gerham (M, UVa): 1981-84
Pete Worstell (M, MD): 1977-78, 1980-81
Stan Cockerton (A, NC State): 1977-80
• Senior midfielder Mike Chanenchuk, senior defender Michael Ehrhardt, junior defender Goran Murray and junior faceoff specialist Charlie Raffa are all first time honorees.
• The five All-ACC selections are the most for the Terps since 2006 when they also placed five on the all-conference team.
• The Terps boast an all-time record of 756-256-4 (.746), dating back to the first varsity team in 1924 (a team was not fielded in 1944 and 1945 due to World War II). Maryland has finished every one of its previous 88 seasons with a .500 or better record, including last season when the Terps went 12-6. The program reached the 700-win milestone with a 15-6 victory over Penn on April 14, 2009 at Ludwig Field and became just the fourth program with 750 wins with a 16-8 win at No. 2 Syracuse on Feb. 22, 2014.
• During the decade of the 2000s, Maryland went 111-49 for a .694 win percentage, making it the winningest decade in Terrapin lacrosse history. In the decade of the 1990s, Maryland posted a 95-47 record. The .669 winning percentage matched Maryland's win percentage of the 1980s when the Terps went 83-41 and also compiled a .669 win percentage. So far, Maryland is 56-22 in the 2010's for a .722 winning percentage.
• Maryland's 15-6 victory over Penn on April 14, 2009 was the program's 700th victory in 84 seasons of varsity men's lacrosse. The Terps join Johns Hopkins, Syracuse, Navy, Army and Cornell as the only programs with 700 or more Division I wins.
• Two things that make Maryland's accomplishment all the more impressive is that the Terps reached the 700-win plateau in just their 84th season. Only Syracuse reached win No. 700 in as few seasons, but it took the Orange 53 more games than Maryland. In fact, Maryland needed only 940 games to reach 700 wins and only Johns Hopkins needed fewer games (932) to hit the historic number, but the Blue Jays did so in their 105th season.
Inside Lacrosse
Face-Off Magazine Preseason All-Americans
Michael Ehrhardt (1st)
Niko Amato (2nd)
Goran Murray (2nd)
Mike Chanenchuk (3rd)
National Player of the Week
Mike Chanenchuk (Mar. 3)
The ACC
Preseason All-ACC
Niko Amato
Michael Ehrhardt
Goran Murray
Offensive Player of the Week
Mike Chanenchuk (Mar. 4)
Connor Cannizzaro (Apr. 22)
Defensive Player of the Week
Niko Amato (Feb. 25)
Niko Amato (Mar. 4)
Niko Amato (Apr. 1)
Charlie Raffa (Apr. 22)
Niko Amato (4th selection)
Mike Chanenchuk (1st selection)
Michael Ehrhardt (1st selection)
Goran Murray (1st selection)
Charlie Raffa (1st selection)
ACC All-Tournament Team
Goran Murray
University of Maryland
Terp of the Week
Charlie Raffa (Feb. 28)
Connor Cannizzaro (Apr. 23)
• Maryland's 12-8 win at Notre Dame on April 20, 2014 extended the Terps' streak of double-digit win seasons to 12, which is the longest active streak in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse. (Special thanks to Patrick Stevens of the D1scource.com).
• There are only four programs with a current streak of at least five-straight 10-win seasons:
Maryland (12): 2014 (10-3), 2013 (10-4), 2012 (12-6), 2011 (13-5), 2010 (12-4), 2009 (10-7), 2008 (10-6), 2007 (10-6), 2006 (12-5), 2005 (11-6), 2004 (13-3), 2003 (12-4)
Notre Dame (8): 2013 (11-4), 2012 (13-3), 2011 (11-3), 2010 (10-7), 2009 (15-1), 2008 (14-3), 2007 (11-4), 2006 (10-5)
Duke (8): 2014 (12-3), 2013 (16-4), 2012 (15-5) 2011 (14-6), 2010 (16-4), 2009 (15-4), 2008 (18-2), 2007 ( 17-3)
North Carolina (6): 2014 (10-4), 2013 (13-4), 2012 (11-6), 2011 (10-6), 2010 (13-3), 2009 (12-6)
• Cornell's string of seven-straight 10+ win seasons came to an end in 2012 with a 9-4 final mark. Virginia's streak of eight-consecutive seasons with 10+ wins ended in 2013 with a 7-8 record, while Siena saw its run of six 10-win seasons end with an 8-9 mark this season.
• Maryland has had 52 games on ESPNU since 2006. Maryland is 28-24 (.538) all-time in games broadcast on ESPNU.
• The Terps are scheduled to play five games (at North Carolina, vs. Virginia, at Johns Hopkins, at Notre Dame and the ACC tournament semifinals) on ESPNU in 2014.
• Maryland has played 80 different opponents in its 89 seasons, including the first-ever meeting between the Terps and Michigan and then vs. Robert Morris earlier this season. In the Terps' 80 first-time meetings Maryland is 76-4 (.950) in those games. Adelphi (12-13, 1982), Army (0-3, 1923), Syracuse (3-10, 1927) and Yale (3-5, 1925) are the only schools to beat the Terps the first time the schools met on a lacrosse field.
• Many school's refer to their sports programs as families, but the Maryland men's lacrosse program is truly a family affair. Since 2001, the Terps have had 13 sets of brothers, including three on this season's roster, don the red and black together for at least one season.
Harry & Thomas Alford: 2004-05-06-07
Jake & Jesse Bernhardt: 2010-11-12-13
Justin & Owen Blye: 2009-10-11
Brian & Kevin Cooper: 2011-12-13
Billy & Bobby Gribbin: 2012-13
Brendan & Ian Healy: 2003-04-05
Bryn & Curtis Holmes: 2010
Bryn & Travis Holmes: 2007
Dan & Mike LaMonica: 2001-02
Chris & Willy Passavia: 2001-02-03
Brian & Michael Phipps: 2007
Max & Xander Ritz: 2005-06
Mark & Michael White: 2008-09-10-11
• The 2014 season is the first since 2000 that the Terps have not had a brother combination on the roster.
• Maryland has an 85-3-1 (.961) lifetime record in season openers dating back to the 1924 season. The Terps have won their last 19 openers and 26 of the last 27, with the only loss coming to Duke in 1993, when they fell to Duke 9-5 on March 6.
• After losing their 1925 opener to Yale, 5-3, the Terps went on to win 40 consecutive season openers from 1926 through 1967. The streak was broken when Maryland tied Princeton, 6-6, in the 1968 opener. Following the deadlock, Maryland went on to win its next 14 openers, giving the Terps a 54-0-1 record over a 57-year span (Maryland did not field a team in 1944 and 1945 due to World War II.)
• After beating Mount St. Mary's to open the 2013 season the Terps have an 20-game winning streak in season openers. Five of those wins came against Villanova (1994-98) and the last nine over Denver, Mount St. Mary's (three times), Air Force, Hobart, Duke, Georgetown (four times), Bellarmine (twice), Presbyterian, Detroit Mercy and Hartford. Over the 21-year stretch, Maryland outscored its foes 306-108 (an average score of 14.6-5.1) in those games.
• The Terps have not allowed more than seven goals to any opponent in a season opener over the last 21 years. Maryland has not allowed an opponent to score 10 or more goals in a season opener since Syracuse beat the Terps, 16-13 on March 9, 1983.
• Led by senior defender Michael Ehrhardt, four Maryland men's lacrosse student-athletes were chosen in the 2014 Major League Lacrosse collegiate draft.
• Ehrhardt was chosen seventh overall by the Charlotte Hounds, becoming the eighth Maryland player to be taken in the first round, joining Lee Zink (2004, 5th), Chris Passavia (2004, 6th), Joe Walters (2006, 1st), Bill McGlone (2006, 5th), Ray Megill (2007, 9th), Joe Cinosky (2008, 9th) and Jesse Bernhardt (2013, 4th).
• Senior midfielder Mike Chanenchuk was the next Terrapin off the board, also joining the Hounds as the 11th overall selection.
• The third Terp to be selected was senior goalie Niko Amato, becoming the first Terp to join the Florida Launch, with the 29th overall selection.
• The final Terp to be drafted was senior short-stick defensive midfielder Brian Cooper, who earned the distinction of being 2014's MLL equivalent of "Mr. Irrelevant" as the final selection of the draft, going with the 64th overall selection to the Chesapeake Bayhawks.
• Five Maryland men's lacrosse alumni were named to the 30-man roster for the U.S. National Team that will compete at the 2014 FIL World Championships from July 10-19 in Denver.
• Jesse Bernhardt (2013), Dan Burns (2011), Jeff Reynolds (2009), Drew Snider (2012) and Lee Zink (2004) made the team, which was selected from an original pool of 98 players through a seven-month selection process.
• Maryland's five selections are tied for the most of any college program with Johns Hopkins, which also has five alums among the 30-man roster.
• Four players have been named team captains for the 2014 season. The quartet, which was selected by a combination of team vote and coaches' input, consists of seniors Tyler Adelsberger, Niko Amato, Mike Chanenchukand Michael Ehrhardt.
• The University of Maryland's men's lacrosse team will compete in the Big Ten Conference beginning with the 2015 season, following an announcement from the conference office on June 3, 2013 that the Big Ten has secured six men's teams when Johns Hopkins was accepted as a sport affiliate member for men's lacrosse only beginning with the 2014-15 academic year to give the Big Ten six men's programs, joining Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers.
• The six programs that will comprise Big Ten men's lacrosse boast 56 national championships, with schools that have competed for more than a century. Johns Hopkins has been an independent since 1883 and leads all schools with 44 national championships. Maryland has claimed 11 national titles, while Rutgers has also won a national championship. The Scarlet Knights launched men's lacrosse in 1887, followed by programs starting in 1913 for Penn State, 1924 for Maryland and 1953 for Ohio State. Michigan instituted a men's lacrosse program in 2012. Maryland, Ohio State and Penn State each qualified for the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 2013, with the Buckeyes advancing to the quarterfinals.


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Isabel Marant Spring 2014 was very pretty, but I it feels like something I've seen before (maybe even mass retail). Despite that I still can't help coveting some of the pieces.
Several looks can be pre-ordered starting today on Moda Operandi, though sadly they don't seem to be offering the studded Edris Bow Tie sandal (last pic) in black.
Images: Vogue.com


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Joseph Michael's portrait of James Clark from The James Clark Institute website.
There are only three night and one afternoon showcases left before International Pop Overthrow moves on to rock the good people of Detroit. For the full schedule of the acts that have yet to grace the stage of the Red Line Tap on Chicago's far northside, check the official IPO website. And as I've stated here numerous times, that website is also a great way to discover new music.
Bands are from Chicago unless noted otherwise, and some out-of-town visitors will definitely add to the fun tomorrow night, April 17th. Here's the schedule.
8:00 James Clark This Toronto-based singer-guitarist returned to the studio just last month to start work on his sixth release under the name The James Clark Institute since 2004. He draws inspiration from Ray Davies, Elvis Costello, and John Lennon. "Company Hearse," released last year on 7" vinyl, is a catchy, biting song with ringing guitars. It's not clear whether his IPO gig tomorrow will be solo or with a full band. He does well either way.
8:45 The Injured Parties This power pop trio is led by Larry O'Dean, an eclectic singer-guitarist and former member of the band Post Office. He enjoys mixing humor with melody on songs like "Zingermans Deli" and "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" from The Injured Parties' 2009 CD Fun With A Purpose. They're in the midst of recording a second CD, so there could be some new tunes in their set tomorrow night.
9:30 The Red Wigglers This six-piece rock combo includes two horn players and is led by vocalist Megan Tormey.
10:15 Lannie Flowers This Texas quintet visits a number of stops on the IPO circuit, bringing joy to power pop purists along the way. Vocalist-guitarist Lannie Flowers, backed by a full band, creates catchy songs that are reminiscent of The dB's and Elvis Costello, as well as mid-1960s Top 40. "Looking For You," from the band's second release Circles, is a guitar-driven gem that has the immediate impact of a hit single. In 2013, Lannie Flowers nabbed four honors at the LA Music Awards.
11:00 Rollo Time This power pop band's 2010 CD, Victims Of The Crown was filled with catchy tunes like "'Til It All Comes Down." Singer-songwriter Jon Raleigh was formerly with The Time Beings. Influences include Cheap Trick, Smashing Pumpkins, and Off Broadway.


text: An 8-year-old boy in Maryland was disciplined by school administrators when he bit pieces off of a Pop-Tart until it resembled the shape of a handgun. Now, the NRA has given him a lifetime membership. I guess the moral of the story is, if you fashion a mock firearm out of a pastry, you get to meet Wayne LaPierre. Remind me never to do that.


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Weight 188 g (6.63 oz)
SIM Nano-SIM
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
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Size 5.5 inches (~67.7% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
- Wide Gamut display
- 3D Touch display & home button
- Display Zoom
OS iOS 10
Chipset Apple A10 Fusion
CPU Quad-core
GPU (six-core graphics)
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Internal 32GB,2GB RAM
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Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps
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Alert types Vibration, proprietary ringtones
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How disappointed am I? With so many inquiries about the porn star series lately, I thought I'd knock out some guys this week before leaving town. So I contacted a local porn company and pled my case.
The plan was (and I could not have been any clearer) to do two or three guys a day the first part of this week before heading back up to the city on Friday. Well of course it didn't happen. Fucking Miami. Everything is "manana" down here, which you know just does not work for a jumpy queen like me.
Lemme tell ya, I could handle my cable going out, my milk souring or even losing my hot water, but this? C'mon, you know I'm bitter. And you will be too once you see what I had lined up. You can check out the x-rated MiamiBoyz.com, which is where most of these guys are from, and see what I'm really upset about.
Hot local thug boys. How much fun would that have been? DAMN!


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It's Always Personal: Navigating Emotion in the New Workplace takes a new approach to the issue of crying, using research to suggest that the office landscape may be more amenable to tears than has been previously thought.
Author Anne Kreamer, a former executive with Nickelodeon, starts with her own experience--and you'll find her opening story of getting screamed at by the chairman of her company's parent on a day when she'd scored her biggest success a heart-wrenching tale, and perhaps a familiar one. Here she describes her reaction at the end of that traumatic phone call:
The viciousness of the assault and the suddenness with which he ended it were breathtaking. In shock and frustration, having been too stunned and scared to defend myself, the tears that had begun to well up during the call spilled out, as I tried to process the information. Was I at fault? Had I done something wrong?...I was physically shaking with the anger that I felt but could not safely or appropriately express, and my body understood that I had to expel that anger somehow...so I cried. Bam! Just like that. In less than two minutes I'd gone from feeling on top of the world to feeling like scum on a pond--and worse, a specific pathetic subspecies, crying female scum.At its base, this book describes an internal struggle about how we communicate in the workplace as women, a different form of "public speaking" that women often feel they need to hide, disguise or avoid. In an interview with Kreamer, Marketplace Money reported:
In her research, 41 percent of women reported they had cried at work during the past year and 9 percent of men. The surprising finding was that crying made no difference whatsoever in terms of a person's success; people at all levels of management reported crying on the job....Contrary to some expectations, male managers reported to Kreamer's survey they were fine with female employees crying. Kreamer found that it was actually female managers who were harsher against crying female employees.Calling tears at the office "the check engine light on your dashboard," Kreamer suggests they're a signal of deeper issues that should prompt the question "what are they telling me?" (In her case, it led to a career change.) Her book includes not only survey data but a new take on the Myers-Briggs Indicators to help you determine how you handle tears and emotion at work. You can take a mini-version of the survey at the link.
The book Curious Behavior: Yawning, Laughing, Hiccupping, and Beyond looks in more detail at the science behind our tears. This review on Brain Pickings blog shares a critical point from the book: Both laughing and crying:
....don't have an on-off switch....it's easier to prevent a bout of crying than to stop it once under way. Crying causes more crying...In fact, voluntary control has little to do with starting or stopping most crying or laughing.Maybe that's why crying makes you feel so out-of-control -- perhaps we can sense that it's not easy to stop it once it starts, and understand the consequences.
Go here to listen to the Marketplace Money interview with Kreamer and read the related article here.


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You can hear Kiff VandenHeuvel's voice in TV commercials and video games like "Star Wars: The Old Republic."
You can see him in the Michael Douglas/Matt Damon film Behind the Candelabra or the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation. And on weekends you can find him on Buena Vista Street at Disneyland's California Adventure—he'll be the one in the "Calvin the Cop" costume.
Calvin College gave me the tools and freedom to explore what my work life could be. And for that, I am eternally grateful.
"This profession is a challenging one," says Kiff '92, a professional actor since 2000, "but it's one that I have found I'm pretty good at, I think- in no small part due to the fact that I've focused on keeping myself flexible and diverse."
"Flexible and diverse" could describe Kiff's Calvin education, too. As a student, he took full advantage of Calvin's liberal arts curriculum, in part because he wasn't sure where he was headed. He took acting classes, learned videography, joined the improv team—and yes, struggled through his core classes, too—all in search of a future career.
His professors and advisers, however, made sure Kiff never got too far off track.
"I was not an ideal student," he admits. "I bounced around a lot in terms of what I wanted to get out of college. However, that four-year span at Calvin was a perfect model for the kind of life that I'd be able to have in the future. And [professor] Quentin Schultze made it all possible by nurturing relationships to provide me with my first production job on a TV show, Christy, some 19-odd years ago."
Now, in his day-to-day life, Kiff narrates audio books, directs sketch comedy shows, teaches improv and voice acting classes, and performs both on camera and behind the microphone—a job every bit as varied as his Calvin career.
"Calvin College gave me the tools and freedom to explore what my work life could be. And for that, I am eternally grateful."


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Edit Distance for an Activity
Can we please have an edit mileage feature. I use a garmin watch when running but it often does not pick up at the start of the run, sometimes for quite some time, and therefore despite me running 10 miles, it only logs 4!!! Can we have the ability to manually edit the mileage. And then show on the logs that mileage was edited.
It would also be good to edit the course, and plot the actual route taken to check the distance run.
Many thanks
There is a related Feature Suggestion found here: Manually add Distance for an Indoor/Stationary Activity


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The Conditional Fields app enables administrators to hide and show fields in tickets to give agents and end-users a better user experience.
For example, if your ticket has a custom field that asks users to select an operating system, you can have two additional, hidden conditional fields—one listing the latest Mac OS X versions and the other listing the latest Windows versions. If the user selects Windows as their OS, the field listing the Windows versions is shown. The field listing the OS X versions remains hidden.
The Conditional Fields app is available as a Professional Add-on (as part of the Productivity Pack Add-on) and on Enterprise. Administrators can create and manage conditional fields for regular tickets or ticket forms (see Creating ticket forms to support multiple request types (Enterprise)).
Topics covered in this article:
- Installing the app in your Zendesk
- Making fields conditional in the agent interface
- Making fields conditional in the web form for end-users (Guide Professional and Enterprise)
- Making conditional fields required
Installing the app in your Zendesk
Administrators can install the app, and configure it to apply to agents in certain roles.
To install and configure the Conditional Fields app
- Click the Admin icon () in the sidebar then select Apps > Marketplace.
- Click the Conditional Fields application icon.
- On the app details page, click the Install App button on the upper-right side of the page.
- Configure the following items:
- Title: Required. Enter a title or accept the default title.
- Remove conflict prevention warnings: Optional. Select this if you don't want to receive conflict warnings.
Enable role restrictions: Optional. Select this to restrict access to this app to certain roles. When you select this option you can then choose the roles that you want to have access.
Note: Role restrictions are typically not recommended for the Conditional fields app. If a role is restricted from the app, agents within that role will not see your configured conditions applied to ticket fields. They will simply see all fields on the ticket form. Administration for the conditional fields app is already locked down to the Admin role, so there is no need to worry about non-admin agents editing the configuration.
- Click Install.
Making fields conditional in the agent interface
Agents can use the agent interface in Zendesk to create or update tickets. Administrators can make fields in the agent interface appear only when the agent selects a certain value in another field.
Before you start, make sure you add all the fields you'll need in the ticket, including the fields that you want to make conditional. For more information, see the following topics:
- Adding and using custom ticket fields
- Creating ticket forms to support multiple request types (Enterprise)
To make a field conditional
- Make sure Agent is selected in the upper-right corner.
- Click the Conditional Fields icon () in the left sidebar.
- If you're using ticket forms, select the ticket form you want to work on.
- In the Fields column, select the form field that will control whether or not the conditional field is shown.
For example, when a user selects a specific value in the control field, the conditional field will be shown.
- In the Values column, select the value in the control field that the user must choose before the conditional field is shown.
- In the Fields to Show column, select the conditional field to show.
This field will be hidden by default. It'll only be shown when the user selects the specified value in the control field.
- Repeat the steps above to make other fields conditional.
Note: You can only use each field once. You can't reuse a field you've already set conditions for.
You can check your existing conditions in the left sidebar.
Making fields conditional in the web form for end-users (Guide Professional and Enterprise)
End-users can use the web form in the Help Center to submit support requests. If you have Guide Professional or Enterprise, you can make fields in the web form appear only when the end-user selects a certain value in another field.
To make fields conditional
- Select End-user in the upper-left corner of the screen.
- Make your fields conditional as described in Making fields conditional in the agent interface above.
Make sure to save your work.
- Click the Save and generate rules for the Help Center button in the left sidebar.
The app generates the code to insert in the HTML of your Help Center.
- Copy all the generated code into your computer's Clipboard or in a text file.
- In Guide, click the Customize design icon () in the sidebar.
- Click the theme you want to edit to open it.
- Click the options menu, then select Edit Code.
You must have Guide Professional or Enterprise to edit your Help Center theme.
- In templates, select document_head.hbs.
- In the code editor, paste the code you generated above.
- Click Save in the top right to save your changes.
Making conditional fields required
You might want certain fields to be required, but still to only appear if they meet the conditions configured in your Conditional Fields app. To do so, you can set fields to required from within the Conditional Fields app.
You cannot use the required fields feature of the Conditional fields app for fields that are already marked as required in Zendesk. If you want to use the required feature of the Conditional Fields app, make sure your ticket fields aren't already marked as required for the same group (agents or end-users) from the Admin menu.
If a field is marked as required within the Conditional Fields app, and the app displays the field on a ticket, then agents won't be able to submit any update until they fill in the field. The Submit button will be grayed-out and unavailable until the required fields from the app are filled in.
- Click the Conditional Fields icon () in the left sidebar.
- Configure conditions as described in Making fields conditional in the agent interface or Making fields conditional in the web form for end-users (Guide Professional and Enterprise) above.
- In the Fields to show column, click Required in the top right.
- Check the box that appears next to the selected field.
- Click Done.
- Click Save.


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Best of the Best
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Let's assume you want to be wealthy and that you've realized working for someone else may not be the fastest way to achieve that goal. Some of us have to bear with this ambition sooner than others. I started my first business at age 5. It was a restaurant. My partner (my 3-year-old sister, Susan) and I worked tirelessly to offer a comprehensive casual dining experience.
Our marketing campaign was simple--we posted a very colorful handcrafted sign on the front porch, and we waited. Sales were dismal. By 8 p.m. that first day, after consuming a good portion of our inventory, we shut down. Patience, perseverance and experience are not inherent virtues of a 5-year-old CEO, but time was on our side. Our careers could recover.
You probably don't have that kind of time on your hands. You've realized it's time to step up to the plate and swing for the fences-the years are going by faster, and soon, the car, the house, the spouse and the baby will require more and more cash. Many middle-aged people I've met are so ensnarled in this trap that an escape from a day job is incomprehensible. By contrast, you're probably loaded with energy-and a solid franchise system can be a perfect complement to the natural attributes of youth.
Franchises come in all flavors. In sorting through the morass of options, I spoke with Dallas franchise attorney Don McClure, who agreed with me that there is an ideal combination of factors to look for when entering this field without a great deal of capital or experience. According to McClure, "A prospective franchisee must focus on selecting a growing opportunity that presents a real chance for success." Now, that seems like an obvious statement, but it's worthy of dissection.
One of the primary considerations is the experience level of the franchisor as well as where that franchisor stands in the growth curve of its system. If you want to build an empire, you should select a growing opportunity-but not necessarily a new opportunity. (After all, somebody has to know what they're doing.)
On the other end of the spectrum, a fully mature system could have a policy (one you won't find in the UFOC) limiting the number of units that you can develop. In most of the less-expensive concepts, your chances of building wealth will be enhanced if you're able to run a larger-scale operation as opposed to a single unit. Therefore, it is imperative that you ask the management and some of the older franchisees in the system if anything exists that would prevent you from expanding. You should also try to secure options for other territories when possible.
Another attribute to look for is affordability. My definition of affordability is broader than the initial cost involved. You must also be able to afford the time necessary to make your business thrive. A good way to think about a business risk is to have the confidence that even if everything goes wrong with your decision, the ramifications will not financially ruin you. Going into business is akin to an educated gamble, and the same axioms apply: Namely, don't bet more than you can afford to lose. For those of us with limited means, we may have to begin our franchise experience in a service business or in a retail concept that does not require huge levels of inventory or labor.
While paying attention to these factors, I wanted to highlight three franchise opportunities that seem to offer the appropriate level of risk and reward for first-time franchisees. On a personal basis, these franchisors also seem to recognize that an individual's attitude and tenacity can overcome a low financial net worth.
Business Success With Used Sports Equipment
And the Franchise Played On
Play It Again Sports, a division of Grow Biz International Inc., has proved that viable market niches can be drilled in a business segment that is saturated with heavyweights. You don't have to go far in major metropolitan areas to find a sporting goods superstore, yet Play It Again franchisees, on average, do pretty well by offering used and new sporting goods in a small-store environment.
Although Play It Again has actually had more stores close than open over the past few years, a number of young operators have stepped into weaker stores and accomplished remarkable turnarounds. This typically occurs when the new franchisee hits the front door with fire in his belly and maintains the desire to work hard. This is a fun franchise if you love sports, but the franchisor estimates that it will cost up to $261,000 to open a store (quite steep in comparison to others profiled here). Remember, however, that Play It Again is based in a retail store, and your customers can start trading with you the day you open for business.
A good attitude and a desire to work can accomplish a great deal in franchising, as long as you make the jump into a franchise you can afford. If you're thinking of becoming a franchisee, you can build your resume with the smaller and newer concepts, and as you build your wealth, your growing experience will permit you to align with other companies. As long as the noncompetition provisions of your agreement don't prevent you from getting involved with subsequent franchises, your budding resume can open a lot of doors.
Painter With a Healthy Attitude
Take It From the Pros
Forty new franchisees joined Certa ProPainters last year; this business seems as much like a fraternity as any I have reviewed. This is probably due in part to the fact that Certa's parent company, The Franchise Company, offers a college program, College Pro, that permits students to operate a franchise for a one-year period without the payment of an initial fee. In essence, this creates a "farm club" that permits students to run a business that often hits six-figure sales results.
Case in point is Colorado franchisee Josh Beller, who spent two years operating a business prior to acquiring the rights to the south Denver/Colorado Springs market. Now 29, he's one of the top franchisees, grossing more than $1 million last year.
This level of success was not always present for Josh, however, as he lost money during his first year. Nearing bankruptcy, he was summoned to meet with Certa Pro president Charles E. Chase, who asked, "Why should I keep you as a franchisee of this system?"
To this day, Beller remembers his answer: "I refuse to believe that I am incapable of succeeding at this business." At Certa Pro, a good attitude apparently goes a long way; as a result of his determination, Beller received full franchisor support and is well on his way to financial independence.
ISP Franchise Made Easy
Get on the Bus, Gus
Quik Internet (corporate name Quik International) has been offering franchises since 1996; about 95 franchisees in the United States now provide Internet access to subscribers in protected territories. The beauty of the system is that the franchisor has handled the acquisition, configuration and management of the expensive and technical part of being an ISP. This business model permits the franchisee to concentrate on sales and service without the huge investment.
One of these services, offered by each franchisee, is free classroom training on various Internet subjects. Otherwise, Quik franchisees garner sales by charging $19.95 a month for an Internet connection and also from building commercial Web sites and hosting at varied rates. Quik franchisees are required to maintain a business office, and, from what I've learned, you can break even when you're hosting about 550 customers. This concept seems to go over well in secondary markets, such as smaller towns, where there is not a glut of ISPs throwing copious amounts of money at advertising.
I spoke with Stephen Brazier, a 35-year-old franchisee who abandoned his accounting career for a taste of business ownership after his wife, Elise, was offered a professorship at Northeast Texas Community College, leading them to move to Mount Vernon, Texas, in 1998. Brazier has become a good example of what it takes to succeed in business, as he is aggressive, outgoing and describes himself as having a blast teaching others to use the Internet. He opened his franchise last October, and sales are now exceeding $10,000 per month. If things go as planned, he'll be in a position to take advantage of the additional territory he bargained for when entering into his agreement.
What's Best?
How, you ask, did we determine which franchises to include in our listing of the best franchises for young people? The key factors were the ages of franchisees and franchisor(s) and whether the franchise offered anything special for young franchisees. Obviously, though, there's a lot more that goes into buying an opportunity. This listing is not intended to endorse, advertise or recommend any particular franchise. It's solely a research tool for comparing franchise operations. Business Start-Ups stresses that you should always investigate a franchise on your own before investing any money. The best way to protect yourself is to do your homework.
Click here to view the listing.
Todd D. Maddocks is a franchise attorney and business consultant who is presently the CEO of The Worldlink Group LLC. He may be reached at email@example.com


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This is massive.
At last, the most popular music catalog of all time — every album from The Beatles — will be available for streaming globally across all services beginning at midnight on December 24. This seachange could be the final shift in the way people listen to music. Except it's more than a change in tide — it's the biggest wave the music world has seen of late.
The Beatles are the most influential pop band in music history, and it makes complete sense that they should be accessible to all music lovers all of the time.
But why now?
It's clear that streaming is how most listeners are now enjoying their favorite songs. It made no sense to deprive the world of some of the greatest music ever recorded. Now The Beatles can be discovered by a new generation. And make no mistake, they are as relevant today as they were fifty years ago — back when John, Paul, George and Ringo began working hand-in-hand with my father in the studio.
From Vinyl to Digital Streaming
Getting to this point has taken years. I agreed with Apple Corps CEO Jeff Jones and Universal's Lucian Grange that The Beatles needed to be on all streaming services if they were to reach a new generation of music fans. I've been making sure that the Beatles' music sounds as good as it possibly can, because there is no reason why listening to any music in the home shouldn't be as good as it ever was.
"I have had the privilege of being able to listen to The Beatles original tapes at Abbey Road, and they sound as fresh today as they were when The Beatles sang in the studio."
The magic of this moment isn't lost on me. Sitting at the Abbey Road studios with a Sonos speaker playing back musical history, it makes me think of how lucky we are today. I have had the privilege of being able to listen to The Beatles original tapes at Abbey Road, and they sound as fresh today as they were when The Beatles sang in the studio. Recording in some ways freezes time. The very same microphone that captured John Lennon's voice sits there exactly as it was on the day, and now, through Sonos, it can be streamed directly into your home without any other process being involved.
My dream is for people to experience the same hi-fidelity as I experience at Abbey Road. With this clarity comes a much stronger emotional connection to the music.
Creating a Timeless Sound
Despite what some people might think based on my dad's relationship with the band, I didn't really grow up around the Beatles. I was, coincidentally, born on John Lennon's birthday while they were recording Abbey Road just before they broke up. I was aware that my dad was a music producer and had worked with a band, but when I was a kid he was recording America and Jeff Beck. I grew up knowing Paul McCartney and his kids (we are all friends today) as my father worked with Paul on solo albums and Live and Let Die, but it wasn't until I created the Love show that I really became connected to the Beatles professionally.
"Time has shown that The Beatles are unique, and no other band has sold anywhere near as many records, nor has had such a huge fan base."
Time has shown that The Beatles are unique, and no other band has sold anywhere near as many records, nor has had such a huge fan base. Despite the age of the records, they still sound as fresh — even fresher now that the albums have been remastered. Every recording is a performance. Nothing is adjusted, put in time or in tune. The sound of The Beatles is the sound of four very individual characters creating great music with a great producer at the helm.
I wanted to make sure that The Beatles music sounded as good as it possibly could for streaming. There is no reason anymore why music lovers can't have great sound in their home, and I wanted to make sure that all of the streaming services were receiving the music in the right way.
I had the privilege of remixing The Beatles 1 album earlier this year. While I was working on the tracks, I was also helping develop the new Play:5 for Sonos. In the control room of Abbey Road's studio 3, I'd have the mixes set up while I turned the live area of the studio into a living room. I wanted to make sure that the new mixes sounded as great in the home as they do in the studio. The key to making a great speaker is to break down the barrier between the studio and the listener at home.
This Christmas Eve, Come Together
So what should you play first now that the entire catalog is available? Since it's Christmas, I think "All You Need Is Love" makes sense. It was the first piece of music ever broadcast via satellite, so it's only right that fans stream that first! "Something" is a great George song, but for listening pleasure I'd recommend the second half of Abbey Road.
#thebeatles1 is the story of The Beatles – in video. 21: A Day In The Life… "If you listen to my playing, I try to become an instrument; play the mood of the song. For example, 'Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire,' – boom ba bom. I try to show that; the disenchanting mood. The drum fills are part of it." – Ringo Starr.
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If you want to really go deep, "A Day in The Life" is about as interesting a listen as you can have. It's such a complex but beautiful song. Listen to it and think of it as a four track, which means you have four "goes" to make the record. First up on track one, John plays guitar and sings a guide track, Paul plays piano, Ringo plays maracas (shaker) and George plays bongos. This is the foundation of the track, all played live and unedited (a performance). Then Paul and Ringo go back in the studio and play drums and bass along with this backing track to create track two. You can hear these two tracks on either side in the stereo version. On the third track, John records his remarkable vocal with a tape delay on his voice. Finally, my father scores a symphony orchestra playing massive crescendo on the fourth track. An extraordinarily complicated record made in a very simple and economic way. Oh, and they did use all four tracks for the final piano chord at the end.
I'm not sure there will be a band like The Beatles ever again. I'd love to think there will be. The fact that The Beatles had three very strong songwriters in the band makes them unique, and their output was extraordinary. Often they would record and finish four songs in a day. The landscape has changed. Image is everything, but there's so much talent and love for music, that you never know who might be out there. In fact, the very last line of the last Beatles song ever recorded is a good metaphor for it all: "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."
As long as people love music, the possibilities are endless. And now there's even more love to be spread with this historic release.


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The longly awaited hip hop music and film series.
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Do to the economic recession our country has faced. Government programs like NASA have been frost to shut down do to budget cuts. This has left the door wide open for the independent freelance astronaut. This new market of Brave extraterrestrial aerial recreation has Skyrocketed. The familyGang conglomerate has led the lead for absolute domination on the competitor .. witch happens to be know-body. Not even saton's sun him self "Gorge Lucas" or like we like to call him MR. Proud bitch ( lower case letters he's nothing,,,,,.....!!!!)
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Cindy Crabb will be reading from the brand new Doris 31, joined by local zine writers. Check back for updates on what other writers will be joining the event!
Cindy Crabb has been writing the influential, internationally distributed, autobiographical-feminist zine Doris since the early '90's. In it, she explores subjects like consent, feminism, abortion, death, self-image, creativity, shyness, queer identity, addiction, punk and anarchism. Crabb is the editor of the zines Support and Learning Good Consent. She lives in South-East Ohio with her miniature horses, plays in the punk band Snarlas, and is a sexual abuse survivor advocate.
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PERL 5 Interactive Course
Author: Jon Orwant
Publisher: The Waite Group Press, Inc. 1996 (a division of SAMS Publishing)
Price: $49.99 US, $70.95 Canadian
Reviewer: Michael S. Hines
Whether you buy books by the pound (2 pounds), by the shelf inch (1 7/8 inch), for the included materials, for a unique approach to learning or for the content, the PERL 5 Interactive Course will meet your needs:
Each copy includes a CD-ROM of tools and programs.
It integrates your learning with Internet testing and assessment and provides an extensive reference to Internet resources for PERL programming.
It provides wide coverage of the subject from getting started to advanced topics such as calling C from Perl and using Perl with C.
Jon Orwant is a Motorola Fellow at the MIT Media Laboratory and is the Editor-in-Chief of The Perl Journal. His vast experience with Perl is reflected in the book.
The practical extraction and report language (Perl) was designed by Larry Wall using concepts and constructs from sed, awk, C and Unix shell tools.
PERL 5 Interactive Course is one of eight books from Waite Group providing interactive web-based learning assessment (the other titles are: HTML 3, C++, Visual Basic Scripting Edition, Java, Visual Basic 5, JavaScript and Office 97) and on-line resources through the eZone at http://www.waite.com/ezone/. Buying the book gives you free access to The PERL 5 Interactive Course on the eZone.
The book's fourteen chapters and eleven Appendices, with reference material, teach Perl programming using Perl 5.
Each chapter contains eight training sessions with reading material and examples on the topic, a quiz and graded exercises (easy, medium, moderate and difficult) to reinforce the learning process. The chapters are:
Meeting Perl: The Basics
Pattern Matching: Regular Expressions
The Outside World: Files and Filehandles
Divide and Conquer: Subroutines
Mincing Words: Hashes
Looks are Everything: Formats
hOOPla: Object-Oriented Programming
Browsing the Libraries: Modules
Pushing the Envelope: Process Management
When Good Programs Go Bad: Debugging
Lock and Key: Security and Databases
Surfing on Oysters: Perl and the World Wide Web
Spreading the Word: Networking
Tower of Babel: Perl and Other Languages
The pace of each chapter is aggressive. For example, Session 1 of Chapter 1 begins with the classical programming assignment—"Hello World", and by Session 8 of Chapter 1 the subjects of scalars, conditional statements, loops and arrays have already been covered. (A minor editing error—the legends for the figures in Chapter 1 are off by two—the caption for Figure 1-1 is more appropriate for Figure 1-3, for example.)
PERL 5 Interactive Course contains a wealth of reference information in the appendices. The appendices are:
A. Quiz Answers
B. Internet Resources
C. The ASCII Character Set
D. Unix Signals (incorrectly identified as Symbols in the Table of Contents)
E. File Tests
F. Debugger Commands
G. Operator Precedence
H. Command-Line Flags
I. Perl Special Variables
J. Regular Expressions
K. A Summary of Functions
(A minor editing error—all references in the text to appendices is off by one—references to Appendix I actually refers to Appendix J, for example.)
The CD-ROM contains all the scripts for the projects developed in the book (over 400 programs) as well as the following tools:
Perl 5 binaries or source for Unix, Windows 95 / Windows NT and DOS/Windows 3.x
Contents of the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN)—tools, scripts, resources and other material. (Note: may not be readable by DOS/Win3x systems.)
Netmanage Chameleon Sampler (free for 30 days, thereafter the copy must be registered for $50 US—you must make arrangements with an ISP for Internet access). The book fails to mention that you only need Netmanage Chameleon with DOS/Win3x, since all other operating systems (OS) come with Internet Access Tools as an integral part of the OS.
Sample of eZone content available on the Web (you'll need Netscape 2.0 or Microsoft Explorer 3.0 or later to view).
There is a section before Chapter 1 on how to install the tools and set up your system to effectively use the PERL 5 Interactive Course learning material. There is a section for each major OS (Unix, Win95/WinNT and DOS/Win3x). I tested the CD-ROM on a Windows NT 4.0 Workstation system using the FAT16 file system. The INSTALL.BAT program provided failed to complete the install properly. I was able to manually install the CD-ROM on my system performing the following steps:
I created a directory named "perl" in my root directory.
I created a directory named "bin" in the perl directory.
I copied the file from the CD-ROM directory /perl5/win95-nt/091-i86.zip to my root directory, and then installed it with the command PKUNZIP -d C:\perl (to preserve the zipped directory structure).
I copied the file from the CD-ROM directory /perl5/win95-nt/nt5091sr.zip to my root directory, and then installed it with the command PKUNZIP -d C:\perl.
I copied the file from the CD-ROM directory /perl5/win95-nt/ntperl5.091.ppc.zip to my root directory, and then installed it with the command PKUNZIP -d to C:\ (perl is already in the path).
I copied the programs perl.exe and perlglob.exe from c:\perl\5.001\src\ntt to the c:\perl\bin directory.
I updated my path to include the c:\perl\bin path for the Perl program and added a new environment variable, PERL5LIB=c:\perl\5.001\lib, to pick up the "require" library files.
Perl comes with a test script (c:\perl\5.001\src\ntt est.bat) to assure that the install was performed properly and the Perl interpreter is functioning properly. I found that this script did not execute properly as installed, but with the skills I learned from the PERL 5 Interactive Course, I was able to make the script work properly and check out the install. The test routine is not documented, but there is a verbose option (-v) which produces very detailed output during the testing phase (learned this from reading the code).
The on-line eZone resources (http://www.waite.com/ezone/) guide you through the registration process (Initiate icon), course enrollment (Learn icon), monitor course progress (Chapter and Session tests, and progress tracking on exams) and award final Certificate of Completion. Registration authentication is done by entering a particular word from a particular page of the book. The on-line quiz asks the same questions included in the book at the end of each session—the advantage of on-line access is automated scoring and progress tracking. The on-line scoring must be used to obtain the Certificate of Completion. The eZone also provides access to a Mentor area for your course, where you can get personal help (Mentor icon) through existing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) or by posting your question. In addition the eZone provides a Tools and Resources section (Chill icon) for your course. The tools and resources available are:
a mailing list for the course
a reader newsletter
resources on the subject matter
I did access and print the readers' newsletters, The eZone Newsletter, for February (14 pages), March (16 pages) and April (15 pages) 1997. The newsletters keep you informed of developments on the eZone, new courses and provide a summary of key discussions from the mailing lists. The April 1997 ezone Newsletter reports that these courses are now available for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) through Marquette University (http://www.mu.edu/).
The web site also includes the Perl 5.0 eZone Club House which archives past mail on the mailing lists and makes it available for searching and access. A few of the vast Perl resources linked from this page that I checked out were: The Perl Language, Index of CPAN (the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network), Perl 5 WWW page—Perl 5 Information, Announcements and Discussion and the HTML version of Rex Swain's Perl 5 Reference Guide (23 pages).
Overall, I would rate this book as a best buy—the comprehensive coverage of the uses of Perl in this one volume would make this a frequently used desk reference. I have seen similar material, but it has been in several different books that address particular applications of Perl. This book provides a wide assortment of applications of Perl in one place.
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General Background. Nora Darcher has been a student of the game for over 15 years. An East Coast transplant, she spent her early years out West in a coastal Washington town. Nora attended Naselle High School where she lettered 4 years in basketball. During her senior year, Nora led her team to an undefeated regular season (20-0) and ultimately placed 7th in the state tournament.
She is currently 3rd in all-time career points at Naselle, having scoring more than 1,350 points. Nora earned first team all-league honors during her sophomore year and back-to-back league MVP honors her junior and senior year. Nora also earned honorable mention all-state her senior year.
For her undergrad, Nora attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, where she also lettered 4 years in basketball, as well as earned a double BS in Business and Political Science. A captain her senior year, Nora has always been a floor general. Despite being a shooting guard by nature, Nora was called on to play various positions in college including point guard and small forward. In addition to her dedication on the court, Nora was also a member of the Student Athletic Advisory Council.
Regrettably life isn't all play for Nora, and during the work day she provides her analytical abilities to a consulting firm.
Coaching Experience. Nora is the assistant varsity girls' basketball coach for Langley High School. This will be her first season coaching for the Matrix AAU program, and she is excited to have the chance to work with dedicated student-athletes this spring to prepare them for the next level in their basketball careers.
Coach Nora will be joined on the bench this season by her Carnegie Mellon teammate, Leah Feola. Click here to see Coach Leah's coaching bio.
Coaching Philosophy. Defense and fundamentals: No matter the age group, these are the keys to being successful. Nora wants to build the proper basketball foundation that will allow her girls to grow individually and as a team. Nora draws upon her own recent playing experience on the court, in order to provide specialized individual instruction to each of her players.
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Ready for Diablo III to come out? Well you aren't the only one. Today, the latest news coming out is that the game will have a 4th difficulty mode. The mode will be entitled "Inferno." According to game director Jay Wilson, this mode is aimed at "players who have maxed out their character by reaching the level 60 player cap. Only then can they tackle Inferno difficulty, a challenge that will throw enemies at the player that are of even higher levels."
The hope is that this new mode will encourage players to keep playing the game and taking on progressively larger challenges. This mode is meant to be a deterrent to the classical "Mephisto runs" or runs where players merely fight specific breeds.
Of course with greater challenges, comes greater rewards. Certain armor, weapons, and items will be exclusive only in this mode. Also Runestones will be used in different ways to create new abilities.
While sadly this game still has no release date, the more information that continues to come out about it, the more exciting it gets. Do you think you will be given the game a run on Inferno mode?
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A chill on environmental protection as Arctic shipping heats up
Posted on 27 March 2013
After a year's delay, the United Nations body tasked with developing polar shipping regulations has recommended provisions to address the environmental impacts of Arctic shipping – but they don't go far enough, says conservation organization WWF.After a year's delay, the United Nations body tasked with developing polar shipping regulations has recommended provisions to address the environmental impacts of Arctic shipping – but they don't go far enough, says conservation organization WWF.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) met last week to shape the Polar Code, a legally binding set of rules for shipping in polar regions. Although the final Polar Code won't be adopted this year, recommendations made now will strongly influence the environmental provisions of the final Code.
"The provisions proposed on environmental protection issues are simply too weak", says Lars Erik Mangset, Advisor for WWF-Norway. "Major risks, like acute pollution from heavy fuel oil, are not even addressed. And although the Polar Code is legally binding, many of the most pressing issues have been placed in the voluntary section of the code or deferred to later discussions, potentially outside the Code."
Rapid warming in the Arctic has led to the opening up of commercial sea routes in the region. While destination ship traffic in and out of the Arctic is expected the greatest traffic increase the next decades, transport over the Northern Sea Route (above Russia and Scandinavia) has seen substantial growth over the past few years and is in particular being targeted as a route for tanker and bulk traffic. Increased traffic in these waters, coupled with the fact that the Arctic is up to 95% unsurveyed and chart coverage is generally inadequate for coastal navigation, means that the risks of operating should be matched with suitable precautionary measures in order to protect the environment. For example, banning the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil in sensitive areas would reduce the environmental impacts of a spill significantly.
"Arctic shipping will expand massively in the next few decades. The recommendations are disappointing, but they are not yet set in stone. Arctic countries have an opportunity now to advocate world-class environmental protection measures, which this region needs and deserves", says Dr. Simon Walmsley, Marine Manager for WWF-International.
Solid international and domestic legislation, respectively in the Antarctic and in Canada, sets a good precedent. Canada already in place close to zero-tolerance limit on oil and oily discharge and other waste streams from ships, and has advocated for similar provisions in the Polar Code. This is a positive precedence for other Arctic states to follow.
WWF is calling on IMO member states to commit to meaningful environmental protection in the Polar Code, through a ban on heavy fuel oil in the Arctic, as well as heightened restrictions on operational discharges, carbon emissions and the spread of alien species in ballast water.
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Helping parents prepare for your child's surgery
Self care tips for parents
Parents focus on how to prepare their child and other family members (siblings, grandparents, others) for the child's surgery, recovery, and care at home. In doing so, parents may forget to prepare themselves. Parents need to take care of themselves before, during, and after their child's surgery as well. Here are some tips (developed by other parents) to help you be your best.
Before surgery
Maintain a healthy diet including plenty of fluids. Get the necessary sleep your body needs. Use relaxation techniques to reduce anxiety and stress and promote sleep. For example:
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- Long walk/exercise
- Massage
- Music
- Hot bath
- Quiet time alone
- Deep breathing exercises
- Guided imagery (imagine a place where you feel good)
- Any other healthy techniques you have used in the past that work for you
Day of surgery
Eat a healthy breakfast outside your child's sight and smell. If you find you are not hungry, then bring along a healthy food snack or money for food in our cafeteria. Drink plenty of liquids as well.
Bring along something to occupy your time and mind while your child is in surgery:
- A good book or magazine
- A pad of paper and pencil/pen for organizing your grocery list, create a to do list, etc.
- Ask a supportive friend or relative to wait with you. If they cannot come, then bring their phone number
During surgery
Remember to:
- Use your relaxation techniques
- Talk with your support person–doing so may help you feel better and to pass time
- Take a walk. Tell the staff person or volunteer you are leaving
- Eat if you skipped a meal
After surgery
Proper nutrition and rest along with support and relaxation techniques are just as important after surgery. Plan ahead so someone can relieve you, whether your child is recovering at home or in the hospital. You will need time to refresh yourself, sleep, or have time to be alone and breathe! Rely on a close friend or relative you trust for this break time.
If your child is in the hospital your child's nurse will be able to assist you as well. Talk with your child's nurse about your needs and develop a plan to work together to meet your needs as well as your child's needs. Taking care of yourself helps you take better care of your child.